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Ruins of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the City of Cori (Rovine del Tempio de’ Castori nella citta di Cora)

18th century
18th century
410 x 570 mm (16.1 x 22.4 in.)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, (1720–1778)

Object Type: print
Medium and Support: Etching
Series: from Antichità di Cora
Marks: Signed in plate within border, lower center
Bibliography: Focillon 541; Petrucci (1953) 409; Wilton-Ely 675.
Credit Line: Gift of George W. Davison (BA Wesleyan 1892)
Accession Number: Retrospective TBD

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This object has the following keywords:
  • architecture - Art or science of designing and building structures, especially habitable structures, in accordance with principles determined by aesthetic and practical or material considerations. Refers also to the structures created. [November 1994 related term added. October 1990 alternate term added.]
  • Italy - TGN 1000080
  • ruins - Use generally for remains of buildings or groups of buildings that have been destroyed or are in a state of great disrepair or decay.
  • temples - Use for religious buildings dedicated to the service of a deity or deities, often housing a cult image; do not use for such Christian or Islamic religious buildings, prefer "churches" or "mosques." May also be used for Protestant places of worship in France and some French-speaking regions. [February 1995 scope note added.]

Dimensions
  • plate Dimensions: 410 x 570 mm (16.1 x 22.4 in.)

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